Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-038
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings
Sunday, January 2, 1972 · 12:12 PM–12:24 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with an unidentified individual. The discussion remains largely inaccessible due to a brief duration and a withdrawn segment of the recording. No substantive policy decisions or actionable directives can be discerned from the available transcript fragments.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On January 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-038 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 311-38 Date: January 2, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:12 pm and 12:24 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown person. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 4s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:24 pm.
Also recorded on January 2, 1972
- 017-139 12:12 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:12 pm.
- 311-037 12:12 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:12 pm.
- 017-140 12:24 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 12:24 pm to 12:28 pm.
- 311-039 12:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:24 pm to 12:28 pm.
- 017-141 12:28 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:28 pm and 12:39 pm.
- 311-040 12:28 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:28 pm and 12:39 pm.
- 017-142 12:39 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 12:39 pm to 12:48 pm.
- 311-041 12:39 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:39 pm to 12:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 311-038, January 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-038 (accessed October 12, 2026).